Month: September 2020

Today is the day that I stalk my professors and uncover their deepest and darkest secrets. So strap in and enjoy the ride down memory lane of Professor Abdoney and Professor Teaff’s lives. We will begin by exposing Professor Abdoney. Professor Abdoney’s name is Mary M. Abdoney. Mary Abdoney was born in 1977 in a place that is located somewhere in Florida. Professor Abdoney attended H.B. Plant High School from 1991 t0 1995. After high school she went to the University of Florida and got her B.A. in Anthropology. From 1999 to 2001 she went to the University of South Florida for graduate school to earn a Master in Arts, Library, and Information science. In 2006 she began to work at Washington and Lee University which is why this is one of the best liberal arts colleges in the United States. In 2008 she meets Ned Norland online and they begin a romantic relationship, ooooh la la. In 2013 Ned and Mary get Wed and they tie the knot making it official!!  Then in 2015 they welcome their baby Emmet into the world of Lexington. My final report on Professor Abdoney’s life is that she and Emmet are dealing with Covid 19 in 2020. I know that they both will make the most of the situation and I know that she is helping Emmet with online school and that they will both beat this pandemic!

For her political stance she seems to be liberal. She is not a fan of the gender gap and the privilege that comes with being a white upper class male. I noticed that from her twitter profile that she follows a good number of fellow librarians. This librarian cult is definitely one of her filter bubbles but it is one that is healthy and comfortable for her, so I don’t see any particular issue with it. The other bubble that I find her in is the one of feline tendencies. Despite what you may think of her being married to the amazing Ned, she is a TOTAL cat lady. If I am not mistaken but she has had 11 cats over the course of her internet presence. Some have been named after bands while other have been named after famous jazz artists. Mary Abdoney is a cat lady liberal who stands up for what she believes is right, and isn’t afraid to speak her mind about how patriarchy stenches the world around us.

Now if you thought I was done being the creeper that I am you are surely mistaken. Professor Teaff, I sure hope you didn’t think I forgot about you. Elizabeth Anne Teaff was born in 1974 in a location that I can sadly not disclose. In 2011 Elizabeth Anne Teaff graduated from Fulton Montgomery Community College. From here I believe she continued her education at multiple institutions. She studied at the State University of New York in Potsdam, University of South Carolina, and Virginia Commonwealth University. She has worked at Washington and Lee since 2006 and grew up not too far away in Roanoke Virginia. She graduated from USC in 2006 and then got into some sort of relationship in 2008 I believe. I can’t really tell who this relationship was with unfortunately.

Professor Teaff seems to have more of a private footprint on the internet. In our source “https://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-sheninger/your-digital-footprint-ma_b_8930874.html” it talks about the digital footprint and I can easily say that Professor Teaff has a very small digital footprint when compared to Professor Abdoney. For political beliefs I have to go with Professor Teaff being liberal due to her voting and being a supporter of the pride movement. She is a proud Virginian and her teaching at Washington and Lee is the second and final thing that makes Washington and Lee University one of the best liberal arts colleges in the United States.

Both of these professors are conscious when it comes to leaving a digital footprint and I really enjoyed learning more about them in this dark and mysterious way hehe!

Until next time,

The Jo Foon Journal

Hello Fellow Journalists,

Today I am here to talk about my interactions on the internet. I use the internet for all of my coursework. Laptops are used every single day in order to not only do assignments, but also to turn those assignments in. Over time I have definitely noticed a change in how technology is used in school. In elementary school I never really used a computer or phone in order to help me do homework or assignments. Everything when I was younger was on paper and test were in in class on scantrons and other physical testing materials. 

Today I will be talking about my interactions with the internet and everything I have used it for today. The very first thing I used the internet for is when I woke up with a custom alarm that I use everyday. So from the very waking moment that I am up I am using the internet. I then would proceed to use my phone from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM to talk to my friends on what they want to do throughout the day. Then I would use my laptop to watch a movie for one of my classes and this would be from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. This shows that I have already used the internet for 4 hours. Half of this time has been used for communication and the other half was used for assignments for school. I would then be on FaceTime with my girlfriend from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. This shows that I then used the internet for personal fulfillment and connection for 3 hours. The final aspect of my day where I use the internet is when I am in bed. I just screw around on my phone for and hour depending on the time. Today it was from 1:00 AM to 2:00 AM. Throughout the day I don’t think I realize how much I am on my phone and other devices, but after logging this all out I have realized that I spend a good amount of the waking hours staring at a device. I do think that the way that I use my devices are not super crazy and unhealthy, but I do think that I could substitute some of that device time for in person interactions. Instead of texting my friends what they want to do, I could just walk to their dorm and talk to them about what they want to do rather than just wait for a reply. I think the Netflix episode “Arkangel” a tracking device is used so that we know where our children are at all times. I know that there is a feature on Snapchat where you can check on each other online activity and see if they are currently online and where they are. I know that my girlfriend and I use this feature all the time and so far it has not caused any issues in our lives. It honestly makes it easier to talk to one another especially given the distance. I would say that it does make the conversation less meaningful when we are closer to one another and could just drive to each other’s houses to talk rather than seeing if were both online to talk. 

I think that our networked world makes connecting with each other easier, but less meaningful. I do not believe that connecting with someone over a device is any better or equal to connecting with them in person. I spend hours on Snapchat “talking” to people, but once you meet them in person it’s a completely different experience. The internet makes it easier to do work and communicate, but I would rather do all these things in person so I can have true interactions with physical things in our daily lives.

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